Every single year I hope and pray that the big fat dude in the red suit will put some kick ass speed parts, or a new racecar, or a new set of wheels under the Christmas Tree. Or maybe even a Christmas Tree under the Christmas Tree. Don’t get me wrong I’ve gotten some pretty cool hot rod and racing stuff for Christmas from good old Santa and his elves, but wouldn’t it be cool to walk into the living room Christmas morning and see something sitting under the tree that makes you jump up and down like that Ralphie kid getting a Red Rider BB Gun?

Well just in case Santa is working on some last minute magic for any of us BangShifters, which means you guys reading this thing too, here are some things we think would make any BangShifter jump up and down like a 4 year old. Hell, I might even pee myself, but only just a little.

Check out all the stuff we’d love to see under the tree, and then add your own in the comment section below. Santa will be reading this I swear. He signed up with us a few weeks ago to see how naughty and nice we’ve all been. Some of you are screwed, but others might have some hope. How do these stack up to what you’d want under the tree?

In no particular order…

A New 2014 NHRA Pro Stock Camaro.

We love Pro Stockers around here, and if we could run one Professional Class in NHRA, this would be it. Or Pro Mod. Or Funny Car. Damn it! We can’t decide. Okay, okay, Santa bring us this one. No, really. We want this one.

 

New Arias Hemi Head For Small Block Fords

Tell me these wouldn’t look double throwdown bad ass under the hood of a kick as ’68 Mustang Pro Touring Machine. Or on virtually any other Ford in existence. These are sexy.

 

 

Anything From Alan Johnson

Seriously, a keychain from them would be awesome, but how about a full tilt Top Fuel engine. Or even just a set of heads? Who cares if I ever got to run them on something, they would look awesome just sitting next to the couch.

One Seriously Clean 1969 Camaro

Cause everyone needs one, or at least should want one. I have one and still want more. Bring it on Santa. In fact I’m even alright with say a Barn Find ’69 Z28 with like 50k miles on the clock and most of it’s paint faded into oblivion, that hasn’t seen the light of day in 25 years. No really, I’ll make the sacrifice.

 

 

A Drag Race Pinto

There is something about a Pinto with a nice tire under the back of it, and just the right stance, that really torques our wrench. Tell me you wouldn’t have felt like a super bad ass in high school cruising this thing! We want one. Actually two, but one could just be a body Santa. We’ve got the rest all figured out.

Any Nostalgia Pro Stocker

Again, we love Pro Stock. And the original, and reproduction, Pro Stockers from the ’70s and ’80s are awesome. This example from Glidden is just begging to make some laps. Again Santa, we’re givers so we’d be happy to make laps in this one. You know, just to make sure the car doesn’t feel neglected.

Virtually Any Nostalgia Funny Car

Our love for Nostalgia Funny Cars runs deep. Really deep. And the Candies Family Motorsports Challenger that was in the Strange booth at PRI was awesome. We’d make laps in this bad boy in about 2 seconds. Okay, maybe 1. If this is wrong we don’t want to be right.

 

A Hot Rod Jet Boat

Jet boats on the river in Parker or Havasu are THE thing in Southern California. Everyone has one and takes it up to the river for fun in the sun, some good old fashioned grudge racing, and a lot of cruising. And then there is the parking and profiling like this one is doing. We love jets, as they are the hot rods of boats. We want one bad.

 

A Laid Out C10 Pickup

You know we like’em LOW around here. If you are going to do it, then do it right. Slam some Ridetech Air Ride on one and keep it pretty stock looking and we’re all over it. Again Santa, we’ll take a rough project too. No worries.

 

A Daily Driver Capable Pro Touring Machine

Little John Kundrat’s Corvette, pictured below, drove across the country this fall for the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational and then went out and kicked some butt on the road course, autocross, and speed stop challenges. The car is super fast, stunningly clean, and ready for any road trip with A/C, Stereo, Power Seats, and more. We’ll take anything that can hang with this cool Vette on the track and on the street.

 

Hemi! The Real Kind, Not The Late Model Fake Hemi Crap

The new “Hemis” aren’t. So they don’t count. The elephant motor on the other hand rules. We want one even though we don’t have anything to put it in. But you Mopar freaks could come up with way to use one of these I’m sure.

 

A Just Right ’30s Ford Sedan

Wheels, tires, stance, chop, color, headlights, louvers, it’s all perfect on this Ford Sedan. We dig it and would drive it until the wheels fell off. This could be the most epic daily driver ever. Sign us up.

 

Weld Racing Rekon Wheels

There are a couple new designs of Rekon wheels from Weld Racing, and we want a set for the $200 Hauler. We’ll take them with the beadlocks and all. Can we get them with BangShift.com machined in them? Hmmmm. Yes, we want that.

 

 

Metal Shaping Tools From Woodward Fab and Eastwood

We love metal. And we love making it into things that it didn’t start out as. To do that even better, we need more tools. Eastwood and Woodward Fab have all the ones you could ever want. We’ll take the entire catalog, or just a cool English Wheel like this one.

The Miller Spectrum 375 Extreme Plasma Cutter

Cause who doesn’t need something that shoots fire and sparks and cuts metal up like butter?

 
A bitchin Custom Van

Here is another example of a vehicle that everyone should own. Don’t scoff me on that one, Vans are cool. And we dig custom ones like this Chevy with wide Cragars, fender flares, and the whole ’70s street machine paint vibe. Handle it Santa.